Larkham: England coach Jones is 'spoilt'

Wallabies great Stephen Larkham has set the stage for an explosive Twickenham Test with a loaded assessment of "spoilt" Eddie Jones and his ' pampered England outfit.

Despite coaching England to 20 wins from 21 Tests since the tournament hosts' humiliating 2015 World Cup flop, Jones has come under fire in the British press for a foul-mouthed tirade during last week's unconvincing 21-8 win over Argentina.

One leading analyst also questioned whether the one-time Wallabies coach had even stalled the Six Nations champions' progress mid-World Cup cycle.

Now Larkham, Australia's attack coach, has turned the heat up further ahead of Saturday's showdown, saying Jones had no excuses not to be successful.

"If you look at the resources they have over here, he's probably a little bit spoilt from where he's come from," Larkham said.

"What he's got now, I think the facilities are top class and they've got plenty of resources in and around the team too to make the most of the situation.

"Their facilities; Pennyhill Park is pretty phenomenal, and then just the amount of staff they can have, and consultants coming in and squad sizes and players to choose from and support from the RFU.

"Anything they want, they pretty much get ... the ARU try to give us everything they can, but there's not an unlimited bucket of money."

Larkham said Jones only compounded the pressure on himself with public declarations that he was going to guide England to 2019 World Cup glory.

"When you've got all those resources and you've had the record that you've had, that's the expectation. That's where the pressure comes from," he said.

Jones revelled in his role as agitator during England's historic 3-0 series win in Australia last year and continued to needle his Wallabies counterpart and ex-Randwick teammate Michael Cheika before savouring another victory on the spring tour 12 months ago.

In contrast, he's been on the charm offensive this week, hailing Australia as "probably the form team in the world" and gushing over the form of Wallabies backline wizard Kurtley Beale.

Larkham believes Jones has every reason to respect the Wallabies' class of 2017, especially with Beale and influential halfback Will Genia back after missing last year's four defeats.

Unbeaten in seven Tests and triumphant over the All Blacks last month, the Wallabies are unquestionably a different team with Beale and Genia following playing stints in Europe.

"They've been tremendous this year," Larkham said.

"The confidence that they give the other players on the field is something that can't be measured, not only from their communication but from the way they're playing.

"Kurtley's been man of the match in a couple of games and look at Willie's games since he's been back. They've been outstanding and he could have easily picked up man of the match each week."